Communications help aid the familes of a pirate- hijacked tanker

November 29 of last year a shipping company’s tanker got hijacked by a group of Somali pirates off the Gulf of Aden. The ordeal went on for two months before the crew was released unharmed. In the hours after the hijack the shipping company’s president and CEO placed a call to CJP Communications firm to help develop a strategy that focused on keeping the families of the 28 crew members in communications with the tanker. While the negotiations with the pirates dragged on, the crew members families had daily contact with either CJP or the ship’s technical manager. Their goal was to build a good relationship with the families so they would not go to the media with their concerns.